This study compares an asthma self-management intervention, delivered to the family and tailored to their needs and cultural beliefs, to standard asthma education in high-risk Puerto Rican children in elementary school. The primary outcomes are asthma medication adherence and trigger reduction.

information on asthma is mailed to the home on the same schedule as the other arm

Behavioral: mailed information

information on asthma is mailed to the home on the same schedule as the other arm

Experimental: community health worker

community health worker provides home visits for education

Behavioral: community health worker

community health worker provides home visits for education

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

5 Years and older

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Puerto Rican

In elementary school

Diagnosed with asthma

Exclusion Criteria:

Not in school

Mild intermittent asthma

Well controlled asthma

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01061424